ART GONIS, CALLER-DOTTIE'S NEIGHBOR (MALE): WELL LISTEN UH ... WE MAY BE NEIGHBORS, BUT I DO HAVE A SERIOUS QUESTION FOR YOU, OKAY?

DOTTIE PEPPER AND?

ART GONIS, CALLER-DOTTIE'S NEIGHBOR (MALE): WELL, EVERYONE KNOWS YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FINEST WOMEN GOLFERS OF ALL TIME. SO I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THE FACT THAT YOU AND YOUR PARTNER COULD NOT BEAT RALPH AND THE MUFFIN IN MATCH PLAY.

(DOTTIE LAUGHS)

I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT, AND IT'S NOT YOUR PARTNER'S FAULT, I KNOW THAT.

DOTTIE PEPPER WELL, I ... I THINK YOU SHOULD TELL EVERYBODY WHO MY PARTNER WAS THOUGH.

PETER KESSLER TAKE GOOD CARE. AND WE ALSO HAVE PAUL IN FLORIDA WHO PROBABLY IS NOT A NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. LET'S SEE WHAT HE WANTS TO ASK YOU. GO AHEAD, PAUL.

PAUL, CALLER FROM FLORIDA (MALE): GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.

PETER KESSLER YOU'RE WELCOME.

PAUL, CALLER FROM FLORIDA (MALE): UM, MS. PEPPER?

DOTTIE PEPPER YES PAUL.

PAUL, CALLER FROM FLORIDA (MALE): WITH YOUR INTENSITY IN YOUR GAME, DO YOU FEEL THAT IT HAS COST YOU A TOURNAMENT OR 2? AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO KIND OF CURTAIL THAT SO THAT WE CAN WIN MORE AND GET THOSE 7 POINTS?

DOTTIE PEPPER (CHUCKLE) WELL, IT MAY HAVE ... IN HINDSIGHT IT MAY HAVE COST ME 1 OR 2, BUT I THINK IT'S WON ME MORE THAN THAT. UH, SO THE NET, I THINK, IS WAY, WAY, WAY MORE BENEFICIAL.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU HAVE TO PLAY TO YOUR PERSONALITY AND ... AND FOR ME TO BE COMPLETELY ... COMPLETELY UM, UNEMOTIONAL AND

SEEMINGLY UNATTACHED TO WHAT'S GOING ONE, MAKES IT ... MAKES IT PRETTY TOUGH FOR ME. UM, BUT I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO GET THOSE LAST 7 AND TO GET THEM IN A ...

YOU KNOW, IF THEY COME FAST, THAT'S FINE. IF THEY COME ONE AT A TIME, THAT - THAT'S GREAT TOO. I'M ... I'M JUST GONNA ENJOY THESE LAST UH 7 POINTS. AND YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY UH, JULIE AND I CAN GET INDUCTED AT THE SAME TIME. (LAUGH)

PETER KESSLER WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF PLAYERS WHO MAKE SORT OF THEIR ANGER WORK FOR THEM, THAT THEY'VE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO CHALLENGE - CHANNEL IT INTO SUCCESS. TIGER DOES IT PARTICULARLY WELL. ARNOLD DID IT.

DOTTIE PEPPER UH-HUH.

PETER KESSLER SEVE DID IT, YOU DO IT. WHAT HAPPENS INTERNALLY THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SUCCESSFULLY CHANNEL IT INTO A QUALITY GOLF GAME THAT ENDS UP WORKING WHERE YOU'RE HITTING THE BALL FURTHER AND YOU'RE MORE PUMPED UP, BUT YOU'VE FIGURED OUT HOW TO MANAGE THE WHOLE PROCESS?

DOTTIE PEPPER WELL, I THINK YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT MAKES YOU TICK, FIRST OF ALL. AND FOR ME TO BE, YOU KNOW, EMOTIONALLY UNATTACHED MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO PLAY. I'VE ... I'VE TRIED THAT.

AND UM, MAN, IT'S JUST NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FUN FOR ME. WHAT I HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, I'VE STARTED TO WORK A LITTLE MORE WITH BOB ROTELLA AND JUST NOT GIVING THE ... THE BAD SHOTS MORE CREDENCE THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE,

AND NOT TRYING TO GET TOO OVERLY EXCITED ABOUT THE GOOD ONES. AND UH, SOMETIMES THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET ... GET IT GOING, SOMETIMES THAT'S HARDER BECAUSE THE GOOD ONES ARE COMING SO QUICKLY. IT'S LIKE RAPID FIRE.

AND YOU GET THE ADRENALINE FLOWING, AND THE EMOTIONS ARE GOING. AND YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO RIDE THE WAVE. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S EVEN HARDER THAN DEALING WITH ... WITH SOME BAD SHOTS.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK I EXPECT A LOT OUT OF MYSELF. I KNOW WHAT MY POTENTIAL IS. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH. BUT I THINK I'VE DONE IT IN A WAY THAT UM, THAT I KNOW I CAN PLAY AT MY BEST WITH.

PETER KESSLER WHEN A RECREATIONAL PLAYER'S GOT HIS OR HER BEST ROUND IN SIGHT OR A REALLY GOOD ONE GOING, WE START TO PROJECT: 'WELL, IF I DO THIS AND THEN I'LL HAVE THIS, THIS ...'

DOTTIE PEPPER OH YEAH.

PETER KESSLER WHEN YOU LEARN TO STOP DOING THAT? WHEN DID YOU LEARN THAT THAT WAS A REALLY DESTRUCTIVE WAY TO PLAY GOLF?

DOTTIE PEPPER STILL HAVEN'T. (BOTH LAUGH) I THINK YOU ALWAYS STRUGGLE WITH THAT. I THINK IT'S HUMAN TO ... TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT. UM ...

YOU KNOW, I ... I WATCHED 'FOR LOVE OF THE GAME' THIS WEEK AND, OF COURSE, BY THE END OF IT, I WAS BALLING MY EYES OUT. BUT THE COOLEST THING ABOUT THAT WAS THAT HE HAD NO IDEA WHERE HE WAS AT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 7TH INNING.

AND HE WAS JUST COMPLETELY INTO WHAT WAS GOING ON, DIDN'T HEAR THE VOICES, DIDN'T SEE THE FANS, DIDN'T DEAL WITH ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN HE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE EMOTIONS OF ALL OF IT.

AND THAT WAS ... THAT WAS ENTERTAINING FOR ME TO WATCH BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME THING. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE PLAYED ... PLAYED YOUR WAY INTO A 7 OR 8 SHOT LEAD, AND THEN YOU REALIZE WHERE YOU ARE AND YOU HAVE 7 OR 8 HOLES LEFT TO GO,

IT'S DIFFICULT. AND YOU HAVE TO REALLY WORK HARD TO CHANNEL YOURSELF INTO SAYING, 'THIS IS ALL THAT MATTERS RIGHT NOW. RIGHT HERE IS ALL THAT MATTERS. AND I HAVE TO EXECUTE THIS SHOT.'

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT ... WHAT THE WEEKEND GOLFER BATTLES. I THINK IT'S WHAT WE BATTLE. AND YOU PROBABLY TO SOME EXTENT ALWAYS WILL.

PETER KESSLER I'M SO SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

(DOTTIE LAUGHS)

WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR GOLF SWING. I THOUGHT YOU'D TELL US ABOUT YOUR PRE-SHOT ROUTINE ...

DOTTIE PEPPER OKAY.

PETER KESSLER AND YOUR SETUP AND WHAT THE KEYS ARE. SO WE'LL DO ALL OF THAT IN JUST ONE MOMENT. DON'T GO AWAY.

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